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Southland Times story 4th March 2011A mother yesterday tearfully described how being sexually violated had affected her 10-year-old daughter, as the man found guilty of the offending cried silently in the dock of the Invercargill District Court. Reuben James McMurdo, 22, stood tearfully in the dock as the woman read from her victim impact statement, describing how her daughter had changed from a happy, social girl to one who had lost her confidence and was obsessed with bathing and changing her clothes. "I just want my happy child back," she said.

The comments were made at the sentencing of McMurdo, who was found guilty by jury of sexual violation and doing an indecent act on a child. The charges related to incidents on June 20 and 21 last year. Judge Kevin Phillips sentenced McMurdo to four and a half years' jail and said the acts were carried out for McMurdo's own gratification. The offending involved breach of trust, physical harm was occasioned, and there was a degree of premeditation, he said. "We have had a graphic example of the catastrophes occasioned by this kind of offending," he said.

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Date of Birth

Born 1988

Offences

Sexual violation and committing an indecent act on a 10 year old Invercargill girl in June 2010 Also kicked his 8 month old daughter in April 2008